Nowadays a problem of genetically modified food is widespread all over the world. People worry about their health and the health of descendants, because GM is considered to be very harmful. Along with disadvantages there are advantages, too. Like humans, all organisms have genetic material. When scientists alter genetic material, or DNA, it's called genetic modification (GM). Genetically modifying foods or food crops can enhance taste and quality, increase nutrients or improve resistance to pests and disease. In some cases, GM foods help conserve natural resources, because the altered version might require less water or energy for processing. Compared to normal food, the benefit of GM foods is very obvious. Such as GM food can reduce damage to crops by chemical pesticide, herbicides and improved crops nutritional content. Now, planting genetically modified food has become very popular in the world. Although the genetically modified foods have many advantages than conventional foods, but we also cannot ignore the fact that GM foods also bring a lot of problem. For first benefit of GM food, it can effectively to solve hunger and nutrition problem. To solve this problem, we need to focus on to raise food production and increased food nutrition. And GM foods have many benefits from this respect. GM foods can increase crop nutrition Cold tolerance and drought-resistant gene implanted in the food can be grown in extreme cold and dry area. With this gene, these plants are able to tolerate some extreme environment that normally would kill unmodified crop. Also, GM food can prevent a lot of virus in crops. There have much kind of viruses, fungi and bacteria that cause plant diseases. For prevent this viruses harmful crops, plant biologists are working to create plants with genetically-engineered resistance to these diseases.... On the one hand, genetically modified food can help humanity to survive .Scientists predict population of our planet to reach 11 billion people...

YOU MAY ALSO FIND THESE DOCUMENTS HELPFUL

...James Green
Timothy Shaner
WR 122
26 January 2013
The Labeling of GeneticallyModified Organisms Should Be Made Mandatory
Geneticallymodified organisms (GMO’s) are organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating or recombination. According to Jeffrey Smith, a respected authority on GMO’s, in his documentary Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives GMO’s could be in as much as 90% of processed food in the United States. Genetic modification (GM), also called genetic engineering (GE), or recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology is the process of taking genes and segments of DNA from one species and putting them into another species. Currently in the U.S. there are no legal requirements for manufacturers to label products containing GMO’s, because of this, new legislation needs to be put into effect that would require the stringent testing of GMO’s to determine whether they could be hazardous to the environment or people and animals that consume them, as well as requiring manufacturers to label all products containing GMO’s (Smith).
There are only nine GM plants used for food and feed in the US and they include: Soy, cotton, corn, canola, sugar beets, papaya, zucchini, yellow crookneck squash, and alfalfa. And the percent of the total acreage of these crops that are GM is astounding. As of 2011, over 12% of the earth’s farmable...

...Genetically-modifiedfoods (GM foods) have made a big splash in the news lately. Euro- pean environmental organizations and public interest groups have been actively protest- ing against GM foods for months, and recent controversial studies about the effects of genetically-modified corn pollen on monarch butterfly caterpillars1,2 have brought the issue of genetic engineering to the forefront of the public consciousness in the U.S. In response to the up swelling of public concern, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held three open meetings in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Oakland, California to solicit public opinions and begin the process of establishing a new regulatory proce- dure for government approval of GM foods.3 I attended the FDA meeting held in Novem- ber 1999 in Washington, D.C., and here I will attempt to summarize the issues involved and explain the U.S. government's present role in regulating GM food.
The term GM foods or GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) is most commonly used to refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest molecu- lar biology techniques. These plants have been modified in the laboratory to enhance de- sired traits such as increased resistance to herbicides or improved nutritional content. The...

...DOES IT MATTER HOW FOOD IS PRODUCED WHEN PEOPLE ARE STARVING?
FINAL ASSIGNMENT
DOES IT MATTER HOW FOOD IS PRODUCED WHEN PEOPLE ARE STARVING?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction Pg 3.
2. Famine, Hunger, Starvation and Malnutrition Pg 3.
3. The Production Process & HACCP Pg 4.
4. Food Fortification Pg 4.
5. Artificial Preservatives Pg 5.
6. Genetically EngineeredFoods Pg 6.
7. Conclusion Pg 6.
8. Bibliography Pg 7.
INTRODUCTION
“…Ensuring sufficient food supplies, is one of the most basic challenges facing any human society. Organized and efficient food production supports population growth and the development of cities and towns, trade, and other essential elements of human progress…”
According to the 2011 FAO Hunger Report – Forward by David Beckmann, there are now 925 million under nourished people in the world, and this number is expected to rise by the year 2012. Though there is more than enough food produced to feed the worlds population many people in the world “…don’t have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough food. The world produces 17% more food per person today than 30 years ago. But close to a billion people go to sleep hungry every night…” As a result food security is now a dire...

...Genetically Engineered Food Is It Safe or Not
Aisha Terry
SCI 207
Haleh Keshtkar
17 Dec 2012
Genetically Engineered Food Is It Safe or Not
An arguable statement about genetically engineered food being the means to end hunger around the world is gaining momentum as the population continues to increase and people continue to die of starvation. In the biotech world, what is known as agricultural biotechnology, supporters believe that this could guarantee and maintain food security for the hungry. On the other hand many people have concerns over consuming genetically engineered food. Many foods on the market today contain some part of GM (geneticallymodified) food. Approximately 85% of corn, 91% of soybeans, and 88% of cottonseed are genetically engineered which are used on food for human consumption. (http://truefoodnow.org/campaigns/genetically-engineered-foods/) The question remains on whether genetically engineered food safe? Various groups do not deem biotechnology as the answer to ending world hunger but they consider poverty to be the reason for the shortage of food worldwide.
In order to discuss the possible advantages or disadvantages of genetically engineered...

...309 W05
GeneticallyModifiedFoodsGeneticallymodifiedfood, also known as GM food refer to as animals or plants that had their genetic makeup altered to make them grow bigger, stay fresher and other benefits that will make human life more simple. The concept of geneticallymodified (GM)foods has existed for many years. Cross-breeding of plants, has been applied before with the purpose of transferring a desirable trait from one plant species to another. (World Health Organization 2002) However, a substantial amount of time is required to obtain a specific result. This is because all of the genes are pooled together and numerous attempts are required for the production of offsprings with the preferred trait. Tomatoes are the first GM crop introduced to the world.
Although geneticallymodifiedfoods arises many concerns regarding its safety and consequences of consumption, the real question posed by the society is whether these GM foods should be banned for the benefit of mankind. Even if GM foods have been known to trigger allergic reactions and toxicities, is environmentally hazardous and costly, it should not be banned because it is confirmed to be beneficial to human health, environmentally friendly...

...have in 20 years’ time. The genetic structure of any living organism is complex and GM crop tests focus on short-term effects. Not all the effects of introducing a foreign gene into the intricate genetic structure of an organism are tested. Will the pests that a crop was created to resist eventually become resistant to this crop?
GM crops may also pose a health risk to native animals that eat them. The animals may be poisoned by the built-in pesticides. Tests in the U.S. showed that 44% of caterpillars of the monarch butterfly died when fed large amounts of pollen from GM corn. Very little scientific information exists about the risk of GM food on human health. One major report by Dr. Arpad Pusztai, explains how GM foods could trigger new allergies and contain toxins that may be harmful.
Another concern is disease. Since some crops are modified using the DNA from viruses and bacteria, will we see new diseases emerge? What about the GM crops that have antibiotic-resistant marker genes? Marker genes are used by scientists to determine whether their genetic modification of a plant was successful. Will these antibiotic-resistant genes be transferred to microorganisms that cause disease? We already have a problem with ineffective antibiotics. How can we develop new drugs to fight these new bugs? Then there is always the possibility that we may not be able to destroy GM crops once they spread into the environment.
Proponents of GM...

...Geneticallymodifiedfoods have recently been in the new headlines for both their positive attributes and the negatives of genetic modification, this essay will look at the effects GeneticallyModifiedfoods have on the economy, environment and you.
Geneticallymodified (GM) foods refer to crop plants which have been created for human or animal consumption, thesefoods have had their genetic material modified in a way that would not occur naturally within the food. Desired traits such as increased resistance to herbicides or improved nutritional content are some ways food can and have been geneticallymodified. Traditionally, modifying plant to have a desired trait has been undertaken through breeding, conventional plant breeding methods are time consuming and are often inaccurate. (Better Health Channel, 2013)
Genetic modification can create crops with the specific traits rapidly and accuracy. For example, the gene responsible for drought tolerance can be inserted into a different plant species, the GM plant will become drought tolerance as well as the host plant previously was. Experts say 60% to 70% of processed foods on Australian shelves have geneticallymodified ingredients. The most common genetically...

...1
11 March 2013
Controversial Issues – GeneticallyModifiedFoodsGenetically modifying foods might seem very unorthodox with the changing of traits and genes within the foods, but genetically modifying foods does not hurt the consumer in any way. Earlier in the 1990’s, geneticallymodifiedfoods were announced by theFood and Drug Administration to not be “inherently dangerous”. However, when a type of transgenic corn was pulled from the market when it was mistakenly entered into the open food supply in 2000 that was not fit for human consumption, it led to growing concerns of the safety of consuming geneticallymodifiedfoods. These foods are not only safe, but transformative. Agricultural biotechnology has lessened the amount of chemical pesticides and herbicides used in these foods. This science has been making important contributions to the relief of world hunger, geneticallymodifiedfoods are obviously safe to consume. Geneticallymodifiedfoods are definitely safe and nutritious because if the consumption of geneticallymodifiedfoods posed a health threat, we would have known it by now. The...